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noun

Plica n.

(Med.) A disease of the hair (Plica polonica), in which it becomes twisted and matted together. The disease is of Polish origin, and is hence called also Polish plait.

(Bot.) A diseased state in plants in which there is an excessive development of small entangled twigs, instead of ordinary branches.

(Zool.) The bend of the wing of a bird.

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Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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"Plica" Quotes from Famous Books

... few generations in confinement, mottled in their colours; when we see people living in certain districts or circumstances becoming subject to an hereditary taint to certain organic diseases, as consumption or plica polonica,—we naturally attribute such changes to the direct effect of known or unknown agencies acting for one or more generations on the parents. It is probable that a multitude of peculiarities may be thus directly caused by unknown external agencies. But in breeds, characterized by ...

— The Foundations of the Origin of Species - Two Essays written in 1842 and 1844 • Charles Darwin

... The plica semilunaris, haw or nictitating membrane, though not as largely developed in the dog as in some other animals, is, nevertheless, of sufficient size to afford considerable protection to the ball of the eye, and assists materially ...

— The Dog - A nineteenth-century dog-lovers' manual, - a combination of the essential and the esoteric. • William Youatt